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Unknown Return of Ordnance & Military Stores rec'd. of Rich Frothingham Esq. Field Commissary Military Stores Novem. 22 & 30th 1781.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01298 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 30 November 1781 Pagination: 6 p. : docket ; 31.2 x 23 cm. Order a Copy

List of military stores including brass cannons, brass howitzers, carriages, mortars, and bullets, as well as tools and cutlery. Includes several annotations in Knox's hand.

Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

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